Improvement in water-proof compounds for leather



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIPP KROMER, OF FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-PROOF COMPOUNDS FOR LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 78,447, dated June 6,1876; application filed January 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPP KROMER, of Fairview township, Erie county,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain compound calledWater-Proof Boo t- Grease, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of compounds used to soften theleather of boots and shoes, and at the same time make the leatherwater-proof.

To prepare the water -proof boot grease, take one quart of tanners oil,one pint of neatsfoot oil, two pounds of tallow, two ounces of bees-wax,and two ounces of lamp black.

Melt first the ta-llow and wax together; then add the tanners oil andthe neats-i'oot oil, and boil twenty minutes; then add the lampblack,and boil fifteen minutes longer; then pour off into vessels or tins tocool, and when cold it is ready to ship or use.

The neats-foot oil and tanners oilv act on the leather, softening it.The tallow and bees-wax furnish the body or part of the composition thatrender the leather imperious to water, and the lamp-black keeps theleather

